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The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.60webmaster@eurekalert.org (EurekAlert!)The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and Wiley announce publishing partners(<i>Wiley</i>) John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWA) (NYSE:JWB), in partnership with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), is pleased to announce a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, FASEB BioAdvances.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/w-tfo022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/w-tfo022118.phpReinventing the inductor(<i>University of California - Santa Barbara</i>) A basic building block of modern technology, inductors are everywhere: cellphones, laptops, radios, televisions, cars. And surprisingly, they are essentially the same today as in 1831, when they were first created by English scientist Michael Faraday.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoc--rti022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoc--rti022118.phpNew tool tells bioengineers when to build microbial teams(<i>Duke University</i>) Researchers at Duke University have created a framework for helping bioengineers determine when to use multiple lines of cells to manufacture a product. The work could help a variety of industries that use bacteria to produce chemicals ranging from pharmaceuticals to fragrances.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/du-ntt022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/du-ntt022118.phpNSF upgrades international outreach approach(<i>National Science Foundation</i>) Rebecca Keiser, head of the Office of International Science & Engineering (OISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued the following statement.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nsf-nui022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nsf-nui022118.phpSmartphones are bad for some teens, not all(<i>Canadian Institute for Advanced Research</i>) In a commentary published today in Nature's special issue on the science of adolescence, Candice Odgers argues that smartphones should not be seen as universally bad. Her piece highlights research on how teens use online tools to build up relationships and arrange activities in real life. However, she also examines evidence that vulnerable teens are experiencing greater negative effects of life online.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cifa-sab022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cifa-sab022118.php'Memtransistor' brings world closer to brain-like computing(<i>Northwestern University</i>) Combined memristor and transistor operates like a neuron by performing both information processing and memory storage functions.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nu-bw022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nu-bw022118.phpUTA researcher to develop nanomaterials to treat antibiotic-resistant infections(<i>University of Texas at Arlington</i>) A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, grant to develop new synthetic antimicrobial nanomaterials to treat antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals and military facilities.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uota-urt022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uota-urt022118.phpSnake-inspired robot uses kirigami to move(<i>Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences</i>) Harvard researchers developed a soft robot inspired by snakeskin that crawls without any rigid components. The soft robotic scales are made using kirigami -- an ancient Japanese paper craft that relies on cuts, rather than origami folds, to change the properties of a material. As the robot stretches, the flat kirigami surface is transformed into a 3-D-textured surface, which grips the ground just like snakeskin.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/hjap-sru022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/hjap-sru022118.phpBest and brightest: ONR, 2018 Young Investigator Program(<i>Office of Naval Research</i>) The Office of Naval Research (ONR) today announced awards of $16 million through its 2018 Young Investigator Program (YIP). The awards were made to 31 scientists whose research holds strong promise across a wide range of naval-relevant science and technology areas.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/oonr-bab022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/oonr-bab022118.phpBerkeley Lab 'minimalist machine learning' algorithms analyze images from very little data(<i>DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</i>) Berkeley Lab mathematicians have developed a new approach to machine learning aimed at experimental imaging data. Rather than relying on the tens or hundreds of thousands of images used by typical machine learning methods, this new approach 'learns' much more quickly and requires far fewer images.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/dbnl-bl022018.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/dbnl-bl022018.phpAmerican Psychological Association conference on technology, mind and society(<i>American Psychological Association</i>) The conference will focus on efforts to understand and shape the interactions of human beings and technology. Topics to be presented include whether humans are ready for self-driving cars, how social media can help identify mental illness, how robots can help people with dementia and the effect on young children of growing up in a digital environment.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/apa-apa022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/apa-apa022118.phpGW researcher awarded more than $1.5 million to study PTSD and cardiovascular disease(<i>George Washington University</i>) Paul Marvar, PhD, at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a large grant from the NIH to study a possible link between post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/gwu-gra022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/gwu-gra022118.phpComputer scientists and materials researchers collaborate to optimize steel classification(<i>Saarland University</i>) Steel is used to build cars, wind turbines and bridges and there are currently about 5000 different types of steel available on the market. But how can steel producers guarantee that a particular steel will always exhibit the same high quality? Up until now experienced experts analysed material samples under the microscope and carefully compared the results against reference images. But classifying materials in this way is not free from errors.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/su-csa022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/su-csa022118.phpAnimal study shows how to retrain the immune system to ease food allergies(<i>Duke University Medical Center</i>) Treating food allergies might be a simple matter of teaching the immune system a new trick, researchers at Duke Health have found. In a study using mice bred to have peanut allergies, the Duke researchers were able to reprogram the animals' immune systems using a nanoparticle delivery of molecules to the lymph nodes that switched off the life-threatening reactions to peanut exposures.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/dumc-ass022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/dumc-ass022118.phpUT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time(<i>University of Texas at Dallas</i>) A University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, his advisor and industry collaborators believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years: How to prevent the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope from crashing into the surface of a material during imaging or lithographyhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uota-udt022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uota-udt022118.phpSocial media and internet not cause of political polarization, (new research suggests)(<i>University of Oxford</i>) New Oxford University research suggests that social media and the internet are not the root of today's fragmented society, and echo chambers may not be the threat they are perceived to be. In fact most people use multiple media outlets and social media platforms, meaning that only a small proportion of the population, at most, is influenced by echo chambers.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoo-sm022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoo-sm022118.php$1.8m from DOE supports innovative waste heat recovery system(<i>Colorado State University</i>) The US Department of Energy recently identified waste heat recovery from ultra-low temperature sources as an area of focus in their Quadrennial Technology Review. They recently awarded Colorado State University's Todd Bandhauer $1.8 million for his project to develop a commercially viable turbo-compression cooling system for ultra-low temperature waste heat recovery.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/csu-fd022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/csu-fd022118.phpOrigami mysteries could be unfolded in engineering research(<i>Clemson University</i>) Suyi Li, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, says the possibilities for origami are many and could include floor pads that protect babies from falls and building foundations that absorb vibrations in earthquakes.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cu-omc022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cu-omc022118.phpResearchers bring high res magnetic resonance imaging to nanometer scale(<i>University of Waterloo</i>) A new technique that brings magnetic resonance imaging to the nanometer scale with unprecedented resolution will open the door for major advances in understanding new materials, virus particles and proteins that cause diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uow-rbh022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uow-rbh022118.phpVTT and Neonelektro have made LED advertising boards light, flexible and energy-efficient(<i>VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland</i>) Through a European project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Neonelektro have developed new types of LED displays that combine the flexibility, low cost and high technical performance enabled by roll-to-roll mass manufacturing technology.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/vtrc-van022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/vtrc-van022118.phpFrom compost to composites: An eco-friendly way to improve rubber (video)(<i>American Chemical Society</i>) The concept of "from trash to treasure" holds true for the world of composting, where food waste is recycled into fertilizer for gardens. But what if compost could go beyond fertilizer? Now, one group reports in ACS Omega that by collecting the gases produced during the compost process, they can combine it with rubber to make optimized electronic sealants and sensors.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/acs-fct022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/acs-fct022118.phpUNIST students win two HCI Korea 2018 Creative Awards(<i>Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)</i>) Four students from South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have won prizes at the 2018 HCI Korea Creative Awards, one of the largest academic conferences in the field of Human-Computer Interaction.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/unio-usw022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/unio-usw022118.phpEngage with the world's most talented mathematicians and computer scientists in Heidelberg!(<i>Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation</i>) This September, recipients of the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal, and the Nevanlinna Prize are invited to gather in Heidelberg to meet with 200 young researchers from all over the world at the 6th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF). In order to reach a broader, more international audience, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) encourages journalists to cover the event and affords the chance to interact with the preeminent scientists of mathematics and computer science.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/hlff-ewt022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/hlff-ewt022118.phpScientists upgrading production of cellulose-based electrical insulation components(<i>VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland</i>) Cellulose is a common raw material in electrical insulation components. However, the production of high quality products is labour-intensive and slow. Scientists are solving these problems by developing new processing solutions in the EU-funded NOVUM project.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/vtrc-sup022118.php
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/vtrc-sup022118.phpRussian National Technological Initiative to support innovation in heat transfer(<i>Ural Federal University</i>) The Special Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has included a project developed by the scientists of Ural Federal University dedicated to the development and research of nanomodified composite materials for the intensification of heat transfer in heat transfer devices in the list of state projects. The project will receive grant of 10 million rubles.https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/ufu-rnt022118.php
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